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A review by captwinghead
Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas, Marie Enger
3.0
Wonderfully unique art style and an interesting concept for a story about a therapist.
Amal is a new therapist and struggling with how to help her first client, Yasmin. I thought the awkwardness between them was portrayed well. Amal is trying incredibly hard and getting weighed down by her rigidity and determination to keep things formal and clinical. Throughout this process, Yasmin is just struggling to find someone to believe her and not reduce her fears and nightmares to symptoms of her mental illness and that was a compelling aspect of the story.
The art style and use of colors (so much yellow!) made this a graphic novel I will remember for quite some time.
I also appreciated the rep included queer women of color.
Amal is a new therapist and struggling with how to help her first client, Yasmin. I thought the awkwardness between them was portrayed well. Amal is trying incredibly hard and getting weighed down by her rigidity and determination to keep things formal and clinical. Throughout this process, Yasmin is just struggling to find someone to believe her and not reduce her fears and nightmares to symptoms of her mental illness and that was a compelling aspect of the story.
The art style and use of colors (so much yellow!) made this a graphic novel I will remember for quite some time.
I also appreciated the rep included queer women of color.